Left Reckoning

Support us at patreon.com/leftreckoning The Country IS OVER, Party? Matt & David talk all things US politics. Then we are joined by our friends from Mexico, journalists Kurt Hacbarth (@kurthackbarth) & Jose Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) to talk about President Claudia Sheinbaum's first few days as leader of Mexico. Subscribe to  @SoberaniaPodcast  - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpDBiwvhKZyrUGehnWV6JLTRr3rvqWC0K Check out the Mexico Solidarity Project's translation of Sheinbaum's 100 points - https://mexicosolidarity.com/claudia-sheinbaums-100-points/

Matt & David talk about the major news of the day. Then we are joined by our good friend Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) to talk about censorship, Elon Musk, and what happened with Ken Klippenstein. MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Support the show and get the postame and Sunday shows at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Derek Davison joins us once again to talk about the Biden administration's unwillingness to contain Israel and we talk about the ludicrous smear of Tlaib that ironically demonstrates anti-Palestinian bias. Check out American Prestige: https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm and Foreign Exchanges: www.foreignexchanges.news watch here: https://youtube.com/live/EhQGXwVSt_g

Hey friends we are back this week with guests Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) and The Letterhack (@theletterhack). Read their piece on the Economic Bill Of Rights here: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economic-bill-of-rights-comic MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Matt & David are joined by Neal Meyer (@NealMeyer) and Nick French (@NickFrenchNYC) of Jacobin, the Socialist Call, as well as the authors of Left Notes: https://www.left-notes.com/ to talk about what is next for democratic socialism? Plus Matt & David preview the upcoming debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Matt & David are joined by the hosts of the SoberanÍa: The Mexican Politics podcast Kurth Hackbarth (@kurthackbarth) and José Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) to talk about AMLO's final days in office and the fight to continue to build from the victories of MORENA. Subscribe to Soberanía here: https://www.youtube.com/@SoberaniaPodcast MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

We are joined by Ben Burgis @benburgis to talk about his excellent new piece in Damage Magazine - Left Identarianism Is Also A Mirror World - https://damagemag.com/2024/07/30/left-identitarianism-is-also-a-mirror-world/ MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Support the show and get this full episode now, along with all Sunday Shows and postgames, at patreon.com/leftreckoning David and Matt return to Hal Draper, this time his 1967 essay "Who’s going to be the lesser-evil in 1968?" https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1967/01/lesser.htm

We are joined again by Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to give an update on what is happening on the ground in Chicago. Plus, Matt & Dave give there take on what we've seen so far from the gathering of Democratic Party officials and spokespeople. ----------- 00:00 Start 0:45 Intro 6:25 Unfair Interference With UAW? 19:41 DNC Protest Update Elias Cepeda 47:30 Can The Socialist Movement Be Saved? MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Unlock the full episode and all Sunday Shows by supporting the show here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/venture-plan-ft-110336356?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Matt is joined by Dr Olivier Jutel to talk about his recent academic article, "The Network State, Venture Capital and the Political Economy of Exit." We talk about the Network State Movement, Balaji Srinivasan, and where these crypto scammers get off. Read here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382796473_The_Network_State_Venture_Capital_and_the_Political_Economy_of_Exit